New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India has clearly rebutted reports that the US had made the quest for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) permanent seat conditional on finding a solution for the Kashmir imbroglio.
On Wednesday, a media report said that US president Barack Obama would be carrying the message on his visit to India that settling the Kashmir issue was key to getting a seat at the Council’s high table.
Dismissing such reports, official sources said that India was eminently qualified to become a UNSC permanent member and there was no possible link with the Kashmir issue.
‘There cannot be any possible links. These are very different,’ said official sources, noting that the report was speculative.
They pointed out that the US had a public stand that Jammu and Kashmir is a bilateral dispute, to be solved between India and Pakistan.
